{"id":807,"date":"2010-10-10T16:00:50","date_gmt":"2010-10-10T16:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/?p=807"},"modified":"2010-10-12T16:13:17","modified_gmt":"2010-10-12T16:13:17","slug":"japanese-rock-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/japanese-rock-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Rock Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The subject of Japanese gardens is a wide and highly specialized topic. In particular, my favorite Japanese gardens happen to be rock gardens called karesansu (<strong>\u67af\u5c71<\/strong><strong>\u6c34<\/strong>). These gardens are influenced by Zen Buddhism and have a tranquil quality to them. The following gardens are some of best examples of Japanese rock gardens. It just goes to show how you don\u2019t need a river or pond to display a pretty garden.<\/p>\n<p>The garden of Shitenn\u014d-ji (<strong>\u56db\u5929\u738b<\/strong><strong>\u5bfa<\/strong>), also called\u00a0 Shitenn\u014d Temple, is a famous rock and sand garden. The sand was paved to mimic the rippling action of ocean waves.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u56db\u5929\u738b\u5bfa\u3000\u4e94\u667a\u5149\u9662\u304b\u3089\u306e\u98a8\u666f\/The garden in Shitenn\u014d-ji\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zsEGeX4slLg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>At first glance the rock garden at Ryoan-ji (<strong>\u7adc\u5b89<\/strong><strong>\u5bfa<\/strong>) or Ryoan Temple is a simple rock garden. However, the garden was constructed with mathematical precision, with every stone placed in an exact coordinate.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ryoanji Garden\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UhBtNyCtN8k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Portland Japanese Rock Garden is located in the U.S. Its minimalist features were built on Zen principles.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Japanese Garden, Portland\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Im4WSq9uTeg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The subject of Japanese gardens is a wide and highly specialized topic. In particular, my favorite Japanese gardens happen to be rock gardens called karesansu (\u67af\u5c71\u6c34). These gardens are influenced by Zen Buddhism and have a tranquil quality to them. The following gardens are some of best examples of Japanese rock gardens. It just goes&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/japanese-rock-gardens\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[11831],"class_list":["post-807","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-culture","tag-japanese-rock-garden"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}